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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2018 Apr 5;37(5):472–480. doi: 10.1037/hea0000592

Table 2.

Information regarding how social roles were coded

Social Role Code Question Responses a
Spouse 0 = not married
1 = married
A series of questions were used to identify each participant’s marital status. Married
Annulled
Separated
Divorced
Widowed
Never Married
Other
Parent 0 = did not interact with children more than every few months
or no children
1 = interacted with children more than every few months
On average, how often do you do each of the following [e.g., meeting, speaking on the phone, writing or emailing] with any of your children, not counting any who live with you? Three or more times per week
Once or twice a week
Once or twice a month
Every few months
Once or twice a year
Less than once a year or never
Family 0 = did not interact with other family members more than every few months or no family members
1 = interacted with other family members more than every few months
On average, how often do you do each of the following [e.g., meeting, speaking on the phone, writing or emailing] with any of your family members, not counting any who live with you? Three or more times per week
Once or twice a week
Once or twice a month
Every few months
Once or twice a year
Less than once a year or never
Friends 0 = did not interact with friends more than every few months
or no friends
1 = interacted with friends more than every few months
On average, how often do you do each of the following [e.g., meeting, speaking on the phone, writing or emailing] with any of your friends, not counting any who live with you? Three or more times per week
Once or twice a week
Once or twice a month
Every few months
Once or twice a year
Less than once a year or never
Employee 0 = not currently working
1 = currently working
Are you working now, temporarily laid off, unemployed and looking for work, disabled and unable to work, retired, a homemaker, or what? Working now
Unemployed, looking for work
Temporary leave
Disabled
Retired
Homemaker
Other
Religious Service Attendee 0 = did not attend religious services at least two or three times a month
1 = attended religious services at least two or three times a month
About how often have you attended religious services during the past year? More than once a week
Once a week
Two or three times a month
One or more times a year
Not at all
Volunteer 0 = did not engage in volunteer work in past year
1 = engaged in volunteer work in past year
Have you spent any time in the past 12 months doing volunteer work for religious, educational, health-related or other charitable organizations? Yes
No
Club 0 = did not attend event in past month
1 = attended event in past month
How often do you (1) go to a sport, social, or other club, or (2) attend meetings of non-religious organizations, such as political, community, or other interest groups? Daily
Several times a week
Once a week
Several times a month
At least once a month
Not in the last month
Never/not relevant
a

Underlined Responses Indicate Answers Coded as “1”